Nepal is known as trekker’s paradise in the world. There are millions of people enjoying the scenic Himalayan view and more every year. This Himalayan country offers different levelled trekking destinations such as adventure treks, moderate treks and easy treks.
Tiny Himalayan paths lead to beautiful mountain base camps and take to the out of crowed and noise. Heroic trekkers can choose some adventure trekking packages which are challenging trekking trails in Nepal. These adventure trekking are mainly high passes routes in high mountain land. There are numerous base camp treks which leads to high mountain base camps. Mountain base camp treks are popular trekking trails and having a bigger number of trekkers each year. Besides adventure and base camp treks, short and easy trekking packages are suitable for the family, elderly and beginners.
Here, you can see major treks that helps you to list out according to your time, interest and physical fitness.
Everest base camp trek is the most demanded trekking trail in Nepal. It is a demanded trekking route that most people are making a dream to do. You can put in a hit list on your next holiday.
Flying with a small aircraft from Kathmandu to Lukla, you will start to walk towards Phakding on your first day. After spending the first night in Phakding, you trek to Namche Bazaar which is one of the best towns in the Everest base camp trekking trail. You will have one day rest for altitude practice in this place before moving ahead to the higher elevation.
Everest base camp trek can be done in 12 days but it can extend a few more days for the sloe trekkers and customized to the trekkers who can walk fast and acclimatized earlier.
Walking through Sagarmatha national park, you will enjoy scenic Mountain View, beautiful waterfalls, valleys, wildlife, religious monuments, traditional villages, terraces, glacier and much more. This trek will be your a lifetime mountain trip experience for sure.
If you are scared with altitude sickness and thinking to trek up to 4000 meters above sea level, Annapurna base camp trek could be the best option. This trek starts below thousand meters and gradually ascends up to 4130 m of elevation.
Annapurna base camp trek takes you very close to the high mountain. The brave Gurkha people are mainly from this region so you can see the daily activities and lifestyle of the local people with an attractive landscape.
Starting with a short drive to Nayapul from Pokhara, you will trek to Poon hill where you can enjoy panoramic Annapurna massif with unblocking sunrise. Walking through beautiful rhododendron forest, you trek to Tadapani, Chhomrong, Deurali, Machhapuchchre base camp and Annapurna base camp. You will trek backwards after visiting the base camp and enjoy a natural hot spring.
Ghorepani Poon hill trek is one of the most popular family treks in Nepal. It is a short and easy classic trekking route in Nepal. A vantage viewpoint Poon hill offers to unblock sunrise and eye captivating panoramic mountain views of Dhaulagiri and Annapurna ranges.
Driving from Pokhara by private or public transport to Nayapul, the trek begins. You will pass several Magar and Gurung towns before reaching Ghorepani where the Poon hill is located. It is 5 days easy trek that leads you to 3210m of maximum elevation. Following some river valleys, you will see several nice waterfalls, farming terraces, vegetation, typical villages and much more.
Another short trek in the Annapurna region is Mardi Himal trek. This is a newly famous trekking trail which offers one of the best mountain views from the ridges. This trek has the best view of edges towards the right valley and scenic mountain range on the left.
Mardi Himal trek can be done from 5 days to 7 days. This trek begins with a short drive to Phedi, Kande or Siding and leads until the Mardi Himal base camp. Walking through rhododendron forest, you can see yak and sheep around. Mardi Himal trek is becoming very much popular among internal trekkers then external tourists because of this trail is a new route.
Langtang valley trek is the nearest trekking destination from Kathmandu. It is also short and easy trekking in Nepal. Compare to the other commercial trekking routes, this trail has fewer tourists because of driving road condition. But nowadays, the road is nicer than a few years back. There are not any tourist transportation available but tourist can take public or private transport to start the trek.
The trek starts from Kathmandu to the north driving through a hillside road. About 7 hours’ drive to Syabrubesi, you will start your trek walking to Lama hotel, Langtang and Kyanjin Gumba and trek back the same way. The local people from this region are called Tamang but they are similar to the Tibetans and following Buddhism.
Not only are these trekking trails in Nepal, but there also hundreds of other amazing mountain trekking trails. Everest high passes trek, Annapurna circuit trek, Manaslu circuit trek, Kanchenjunga circuit trek and much more adventure trekking trails are dedicated to the adventure trekkers. These adventure trekking trails are usually long treks so you need to have a long holiday and physically fit.
The best time to trek in Nepal is September to November in autumn and March to May in spring. Though, early September and late may will have some rainy days. Winter will be very cold so it is not recommended trekking season but December will offer mostly clear weather with nice visibility. Likewise, summer is not a good time for trekking in Nepal. The months of summer offer mostly rainy days with very poor visibility. But some rain shadow trekking routes like upper Mustang and Dolpo treks can be done during monsoon season because these trails will not have rain much.
Hopefully, this article makes you easy to plan your Himalayan trekking in Nepal. Keep one of these in your bucket list when travel opens after the current situation of COVID 19 epidemic.
Trekking in Nepal could be one of the best destinations in the world. The Everest base camp trek is ace choice of the trekkers and consider as the 4th best trek in the globe according to Lonely planet.